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| DJ: | DJ Tomas |  |
| Real Name: | Tomas Palermo | |
| From: | San Francisco | |
| Affiliations: | Umoja Soundsystem, Voltage Music, ForwardEver, Crucial | |
| Residencies: | La Bodega | |
| Contact: | http://forwardever.blogspot.com (www) (email) | |
| Style: | Future jazz, broken beat, downtempo, reggae, dancehall, Afro-Latin beats, bhangra, dubstep, soulful, drum & bass, hip-hop, soul and funk. | |
| More Info: | DJ Tomas blog: http://forwardever.blogspot.com, http:www.myspace/voltagemusiclabel |
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2007-10-11 (Thu)
Yes folks: fall is here! My favorite season.
As such DJ Tomas a.k.a. Dub I.D. of Umoja Soundsystem and Voltage Music is busy on the DJ and production front.
Upcoming gigs are:
Friday Oct 12, Narco Hz at Underground SF (formerly The Top). Dubstep session with bigtime producers Djunya, Juju plus one SF's best DJs Sam Supa! Expect nuff special guests, and strong-ass drinks!
Friday Oct 26, La Bodega at Otis SF, 25 Maiden Lane at Kearney. Residents night. All kinds of global flavors from reggae to salsa, samba, bhangra and percussion madness!
Saturday Oct 27, Surya Dub at Club 6, with Jason Mundo, Kush Arora, Maneesh, emcee Zulu from Chicago + more!!!
Saturday Nov 19 at Matador, 40 Sixth Street (formerly Arrow Bar) w/DJ B-Love -- playing Crucial reggae all night!
Production-wise: the Double Idenity debut album is about 80% done and being finished in Nov. Expect a March 08 release date. Following that a new Dub I.D. ep on Voltage and nuff new tracks to come forward!
Look out for Voltage Music t-shirts soon!
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SEPT 28, 2007
LA BODEGA AT OTIS
25 Maiden Lane at Kearney, downtown
San Francisco, California 94108
FREE
Umoja Soundsystem presents LA BODEGA
~the home of global funk~
LAST FRIDAYS each month at Otis SF.
Residents B-Love and DJ Tomas bring you
Reggae, Salsa, Samba, Bhangra and Afrobeat, soul and hip-hop flavors in a global funk stylee.
This month’s special guest is DJ Maneesh from Surya Dub (www.suryadub.com)
Get down to Otis, 25 Maiden Lane at Kearney, 2 blocks from Union Square, downtown San Francisco Friday Sept 28, 10 pm-2am. Free! www.OtisSF.com
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SEPT 30, 2007 09:00 PM
RARE BIRD at Dalva
3121 16th Street San Francisco, 94103
A weekly sound session featuring DJ Vanka & guests spinning rare jazz, soul & funk flavors from past to present.
A platform giving DJs a chance to dig a little deeper in the crates and showcase their most treasured lost & found tunes.
Also come and check out the wicked collection of rare music movies on the big screen!
FREE! 21+ ID
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------OCT 12, 2007 10:00 PM
NARCO HZ @ Underground SF
424 Haight Street
San Francisco, California 94117
Cost:$5
Dubstep and bassweight from resident DJs Juju, Djunya, JusWan plus Emcee Child + Guests
Bi-monthly Fridays in the Lower Haight.
Dubstep, dubwise and bass vibes.
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OCT 27, 2007
SURYA DUB AT CLUB SIX
60 Sixth Street San Francisco, California 94103
Cost:$7
Two rooms of dub vibes and dread bass.
Residents DJs Maneesh The Twister, Kid Kameleon, Ripley, Jimmy Love, Amar, and live music from Kush Arora (www.kusharora.com).
Special guests DJ Ras Kush (NYC), DJ Tomas and other guests TBA.
Dubstep, reggae, roots, bass.
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What's up fam!
Thanks for checking in my personal DJ webpage once again.
You can also find my news and updates at ForwardEver (http://forwardever.blogspot.com) and at Voltage Music(myspace.com/voltagemusiclabel).
What's up now? Great music, that's what. You can find DJ Tomas playing it from 10pm till late at LA BODEGA, every last Thursday at Otis SF. 25 Maiden Lane near Kearney Street, 2 blocks from Maiden Lane. FREE!
This gig definitely has an underground following and a "Body & Soul" kind of vibe -- people dancing everywhere to the sounds of Afrobeat, reggae, salasa, cumbia, batucada and other global club flavors.
DJ Tomas is joined monthly by extra-crucial resident B-Love, and guests monthly. Thursday July 26 its Sep of DubmissionSF fame (www.dubmissionsf.com).
As far as new music I recommend everything by Rich Medina, Chezidek, Zeb, Ceu, Zeep, Joe Batan, Lady Alma, Anthony B, and Gerardo Frissina. Those are just a few artists you'll hear at La Bodega.
Join us and vote for the Conscious Party!
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April 16, 2007:
Its spring in SF, which means fog, Giants baseball and nuff business to warm up for summer.
In the Umoja Sound camp we're happy to announce our monthly shockout, La Bodega where "the global village gets busy!") every last Thursday at underground speakeasy Otis (www.otissf.com). 25 Maiden Lane in downtown SF, 10-late, 21+ID.
So check it: in the mix is DJ Tomas, co-founder of Voltage Music, plus local heavy DJ B-Love (Farmer Brown) and also Similak Chyld (Butterfly) -- the wild woman of the one's and two's, who will drop in every now then.
This month, April 26th, expect the man like Said (www.fatsouls.com), Nigerian by birth, dope by demand and purveyor of the superb Afro Joint monthly night at 222 Club brings his afro-global sounds.
Now if you don't know Otis Bar -- get to know it. Its cozy, vibey and sounds lovely. You can deinitely get your dance and your drink on, without any post attitudes. Plus, did I mention NO COVER. That's right, save your money for tipple.
There's no sign for Otis, so don't miss it, look for the brown door at 25 Maiden Lane near Kearney Street. PS: Afterhours license in effect!
Plus do remeber every month at La Bodega, B-Love and DJ Tomas domino tourneys are always ongoing. So bring your fingers and get down with some bones.
On the Voltatge Label (myspace.com/voltagemusiclabel) tip: good news is Amoeba SF has fully restocked the Voltage Music catalog on vinyl, including backstock!
--Till next time, see you in the clubs!
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June 9, 2006:
Got some great DJ gigs coming up in June and July, and my charts for June are below--so check it! : : :
Friday June 23 at Medjool Resturant 2522 Mission St./21st. global beats, dancehall, house, Arabic, bhangra 10:30 p.m. -1:30 a.m. free. www.medjoolsf.com
Saturday July 1st at Poleng Lounge,1741 Fulton St./Masonic, DJ Tomas spinning with Mauricio Aviles (Pink), DJ Vanka (Misturada), Tokyo Component (The Culprits/Fresco), Mike Bee (Amoeba), B-Love (Red Light/Crucial)--an insane line up of rare DJs playing rare soulful beats (house, future jazz, reggae, downtempo). 10PM–2AM, $10, 21+
http://www.polenglounge.com/
Charts:
FUTURE JAZZ TOP 10
Sa-Ra–Hollywood (Good)
Talib Kweli–Listen (Warner Brothers)
Positive Flow–Positivity (Native Source)
Sumo–The Danceband (Heya)
Nu Tropic–Suave (Soultronik)
Jimpster–Amour (Freerange)
Orto Feat Vanessa Freeman–Waiting Is Over (Papa)
Colossus–You A Grown Man Now (Om)
Quantic–An Announcement To Answer (Tru Thoughts/Ubiquity)
DJ Spinna–We Can Change This World (Papa)
REGGAE/DANCEHALL TOP TRACKS/RIDDIMS
Rod Taylor/Capleton–His Imperial Majesty (Reggae Fever) His Imperial Majesty
Mr. Easy–Strangest Thing (E-2 Muzik) Butterfly
Beenie Man/Admiral Bailey etc.–Rocky Road (Free Willy)
Prince Malachi–Rise Up (Dill-Ox) Lolo Bell
Spanner Banner–One Love (Don Corleon) Heavenly
Elephantman–Salute (Q45)
Beenie Man–Wanted (Shocking Vibes) Out A Door
Chezidek–Inna Di Road (Massive B) Jah Love
TOK–Everybody Bounce (Stainless) Inspector
Lukie D–More Them Want (Maximum Sound) Train To Zion
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4-06-06:
Nuff gigs a gwaan, so come out and support y'all!
Friday Apr. 8
Medjool Resturant 2522 Mission St./21st. global beats, dancehall, house, Arabic, bhangra 10:30 p.m. -1:30 a.m. free. www.medjoolsf.com
Thursday Apr 20
Misturada at The Dark Room, 60 Sixth Street, w/DJ Vanka, Afro-Latin, Brazilian and Caribbean, 10 p.m.-2a.m. $5, www.clubsix1.com
Friday Apr. 28
Stateless at Amnesia, 853 Valencia St. at 20th St. global grooves w/ DJs Wurkur, Special Agent K. 10 p.m. $5, www.amnesiathebar.com
Friday May 19
The Culprits present XLR8R Magazine 13th Anniversary with Domu (UK) , DJ Tomas and more at Pink, 16th Street/South Van Ness in the Mission. www.pinksf.com
DJ Tomas music:
Out now: Double Identity “Can’t Explain” + Titonton Duvante remix on Voltage Music, Order at www.groovedis.com
Coming soon: Double Identity “Left Coast Skank” (on Bastard Jazz Comp EP)
Charts
VOLTAGE MUSIC FUTURE JAZZ TOP 10
Daz-I-Cue/Bembe Segue–Spoiled (Ubiquity)
Elemental–Sparkle (Hot Flush)
Faze Action Presents Orto–Waiting Is Over (Papa)
Some Water & Sun–Snowbreaker–Dabyre Remix (Hefty)
Delgui feat. Colonel Red–Let That Sound Out (4Lux)
DJ Spinna Feat. Heavy–We Can Change (Papa)
Phuturistix–Fly Away (Phuture Lounge)
Dubloner–A Loner’s Way (Heading Home)
D.P.–Krakow EP (Echochord)
Taster EP (Cookshop)
UMOJA SOUNDSYSTEM ROOTS REGGAE 10
Mr. Easy–Strangest Thing (white)
Chrisinti–Runnings Run (Eight76)
Vybz Cartel–Society (Purple Skunk) Istanbul riddim
U-Roy–Fisherman Style (Blood & Fire) Row Fisherman riddim
Assassin–She Want A Life (Studio 2000) Twice Again riddim
Jah Mason–Needs To Be Cared For (Militant Muzik) Youths & Youths
Rod Taylor/Capleton–His Imperial Majesty (Reggae Fever) HIM riddim
Turbulence–Ital Stew (Tads) Cuss Cuss riddim
Cobra–From A Distance (Arrows) Cornerstone riddim
Bounty Killer–Mam’s Love (Lowe Chin) 9-5 riddim
As always:
DJ booking: tomasp@sbcglobal.net
Blog: http://forwardever.blogspot.com
http://www.sonicbids.com/DJTomasDubID
Radio: Fridays 10pm-12am KUSF 90.3FM www.fridaynightsession.com
Promos: PMB 185, 530 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA
2/11/06
Ay yo! Check the events page for the updated Grime City posting with flyer graphics. Fri Feb 17 at Anu, free! Don't miss it. I'll be in the mix after that on Friday Feb. 24 for the next Stateless at Amnesia spinning global house flavors with special guests Khenu, Maneesh The Twister and more. The first edition of this party was off the chains, so if you like to dance or drink Belgian ale, come on through. I'll be joined by Nada from Wrectified, a talented multiinstrumentalist in the mix. If you live in LA or have friends down there, send them to Zanzibar in Santa Monica on Thurs Feb 23. Afro Funke w/DJ Jeremy Sole and guests! Best of global beat flavors all night on the Afro tip! Hit me at tomasp@sbcglobal.net if you need listage.
2/03/06
Just a quick note--catch me playing a Dubstep set (UK style garage-meets-dub) Fri Feb 17 at Grime City at Anu (6th St/Market, SF) with the B.I.G. crew--Subtec, Jamin, Megatron, The ONE and MC Child. Should be a great night of roughneck sounds. Also, I'll be rolling through LA on Thursday Feb 23, DJing at Afrofunke at Temple Bar in Santa Monica, alongside resident DJ Jeremy Sole. The night will feature all kinds of jazz afro beat business and quality dance music. Thanks to all who came out for the first rip-roaring edition of Stateless at Amnesia on Jan 28--it was awesome. Big respect to all the dancers...More soon, and check the blog--http://forwardever.blogspot.com Peace!-Tomas
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Yes good people!Just back from three great days in Los Angeles. Tuesday Dec 27 I spun at Steppin Out at Red Buddha Lounge in Hollywood. It was a Live Mechanics clothing holiday party, with resident DJs Daz (Umoja Sound), Jun (Umoja Sound), Cid Hernandez (Soul People), Damon Bell (Live Mechanics) and Jeremy Sole (Afrofunke). It went off to the sounds off real soul, reggae and true school hip-hop. Thanks to DJ Daz for the link, and check him out at www.djdaz.com or http://umojahifi.blogspot.com
The next night I played at The Dub Club in Silverlake at The Echo club (appropriate name eh?). The Dub Club has a huge following after their 3-plus years of playing solid-foundation roots reggae, dub and rocksteady, and hosting shows with incredible reggae artists like the DJ godfather, U-Roy, and vocal groups the Abyssinians and the Melodians. The night saw 400 happy attendees get down to the sounds of DJs Tom Chasteen, Boss Harmony, Dungeonmaster, Rob Corderoy and yours truly. Excellent MCs on the mic like Jah Faith, Benji and Danger had the crowd undah control! Trip-hop scion Tricky (former Massive Attack)and reggae producer from Channel One, Scientist, were in the house. Talk about heavyweight! A girl from the audience was inspired to get on stage, grab the mix and sing Dawn Penn's anthem "No No No" acapella. Amazing.
Tonight, Fri Dec 30 tune in at 10PM to Western Additon radio, http://www.westaddradio.com/ (or 93.7 FM if you live in the Divis corridor). I'll be spinning some dubstep alongside B.I.G. crew's DJ Jamin. Then its over to KUSF 90.3 FM at 11PM for the Friday Night Session Radio show with Andrew Jervis. Tune in! www.fridaynightsession.com
Comin Sat Jan 28 to Amnesia: Six Degrees Records presents Stateless with DJ Tomas and live sounds from Lemonade. http://statelesssf.tribe.net/
More news and club business soon! Look for the return of Crucial in 2006!
As such DJ Tomas a.k.a. Dub I.D. of Umoja Soundsystem and Voltage Music is busy on the DJ and production front.
Upcoming gigs are:
Friday Oct 12, Narco Hz at Underground SF (formerly The Top). Dubstep session with bigtime producers Djunya, Juju plus one SF's best DJs Sam Supa! Expect nuff special guests, and strong-ass drinks!
Friday Oct 26, La Bodega at Otis SF, 25 Maiden Lane at Kearney. Residents night. All kinds of global flavors from reggae to salsa, samba, bhangra and percussion madness!
Saturday Oct 27, Surya Dub at Club 6, with Jason Mundo, Kush Arora, Maneesh, emcee Zulu from Chicago + more!!!
Saturday Nov 19 at Matador, 40 Sixth Street (formerly Arrow Bar) w/DJ B-Love -- playing Crucial reggae all night!
Production-wise: the Double Idenity debut album is about 80% done and being finished in Nov. Expect a March 08 release date. Following that a new Dub I.D. ep on Voltage and nuff new tracks to come forward!
Look out for Voltage Music t-shirts soon!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
SEPT 28, 2007
LA BODEGA AT OTIS
25 Maiden Lane at Kearney, downtown
San Francisco, California 94108
FREE
Umoja Soundsystem presents LA BODEGA
~the home of global funk~
LAST FRIDAYS each month at Otis SF.
Residents B-Love and DJ Tomas bring you
Reggae, Salsa, Samba, Bhangra and Afrobeat, soul and hip-hop flavors in a global funk stylee.
This month’s special guest is DJ Maneesh from Surya Dub (www.suryadub.com)
Get down to Otis, 25 Maiden Lane at Kearney, 2 blocks from Union Square, downtown San Francisco Friday Sept 28, 10 pm-2am. Free! www.OtisSF.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEPT 30, 2007 09:00 PM
RARE BIRD at Dalva
3121 16th Street San Francisco, 94103
A weekly sound session featuring DJ Vanka & guests spinning rare jazz, soul & funk flavors from past to present.
A platform giving DJs a chance to dig a little deeper in the crates and showcase their most treasured lost & found tunes.
Also come and check out the wicked collection of rare music movies on the big screen!
FREE! 21+ ID
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------OCT 12, 2007 10:00 PM
NARCO HZ @ Underground SF
424 Haight Street
San Francisco, California 94117
Cost:$5
Dubstep and bassweight from resident DJs Juju, Djunya, JusWan plus Emcee Child + Guests
Bi-monthly Fridays in the Lower Haight.
Dubstep, dubwise and bass vibes.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OCT 27, 2007
SURYA DUB AT CLUB SIX
60 Sixth Street San Francisco, California 94103
Cost:$7
Two rooms of dub vibes and dread bass.
Residents DJs Maneesh The Twister, Kid Kameleon, Ripley, Jimmy Love, Amar, and live music from Kush Arora (www.kusharora.com).
Special guests DJ Ras Kush (NYC), DJ Tomas and other guests TBA.
Dubstep, reggae, roots, bass.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What's up fam!
Thanks for checking in my personal DJ webpage once again.
You can also find my news and updates at ForwardEver (http://forwardever.blogspot.com) and at Voltage Music(myspace.com/voltagemusiclabel).
What's up now? Great music, that's what. You can find DJ Tomas playing it from 10pm till late at LA BODEGA, every last Thursday at Otis SF. 25 Maiden Lane near Kearney Street, 2 blocks from Maiden Lane. FREE!
This gig definitely has an underground following and a "Body & Soul" kind of vibe -- people dancing everywhere to the sounds of Afrobeat, reggae, salasa, cumbia, batucada and other global club flavors.
DJ Tomas is joined monthly by extra-crucial resident B-Love, and guests monthly. Thursday July 26 its Sep of DubmissionSF fame (www.dubmissionsf.com).
As far as new music I recommend everything by Rich Medina, Chezidek, Zeb, Ceu, Zeep, Joe Batan, Lady Alma, Anthony B, and Gerardo Frissina. Those are just a few artists you'll hear at La Bodega.
Join us and vote for the Conscious Party!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
April 16, 2007:
Its spring in SF, which means fog, Giants baseball and nuff business to warm up for summer.
In the Umoja Sound camp we're happy to announce our monthly shockout, La Bodega where "the global village gets busy!") every last Thursday at underground speakeasy Otis (www.otissf.com). 25 Maiden Lane in downtown SF, 10-late, 21+ID.
So check it: in the mix is DJ Tomas, co-founder of Voltage Music, plus local heavy DJ B-Love (Farmer Brown) and also Similak Chyld (Butterfly) -- the wild woman of the one's and two's, who will drop in every now then.
This month, April 26th, expect the man like Said (www.fatsouls.com), Nigerian by birth, dope by demand and purveyor of the superb Afro Joint monthly night at 222 Club brings his afro-global sounds.
Now if you don't know Otis Bar -- get to know it. Its cozy, vibey and sounds lovely. You can deinitely get your dance and your drink on, without any post attitudes. Plus, did I mention NO COVER. That's right, save your money for tipple.
There's no sign for Otis, so don't miss it, look for the brown door at 25 Maiden Lane near Kearney Street. PS: Afterhours license in effect!
Plus do remeber every month at La Bodega, B-Love and DJ Tomas domino tourneys are always ongoing. So bring your fingers and get down with some bones.
On the Voltatge Label (myspace.com/voltagemusiclabel) tip: good news is Amoeba SF has fully restocked the Voltage Music catalog on vinyl, including backstock!
--Till next time, see you in the clubs!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
June 9, 2006:
Got some great DJ gigs coming up in June and July, and my charts for June are below--so check it! : : :
Friday June 23 at Medjool Resturant 2522 Mission St./21st. global beats, dancehall, house, Arabic, bhangra 10:30 p.m. -1:30 a.m. free. www.medjoolsf.com
Saturday July 1st at Poleng Lounge,1741 Fulton St./Masonic, DJ Tomas spinning with Mauricio Aviles (Pink), DJ Vanka (Misturada), Tokyo Component (The Culprits/Fresco), Mike Bee (Amoeba), B-Love (Red Light/Crucial)--an insane line up of rare DJs playing rare soulful beats (house, future jazz, reggae, downtempo). 10PM–2AM, $10, 21+
http://www.polenglounge.com/
Charts:
FUTURE JAZZ TOP 10
Sa-Ra–Hollywood (Good)
Talib Kweli–Listen (Warner Brothers)
Positive Flow–Positivity (Native Source)
Sumo–The Danceband (Heya)
Nu Tropic–Suave (Soultronik)
Jimpster–Amour (Freerange)
Orto Feat Vanessa Freeman–Waiting Is Over (Papa)
Colossus–You A Grown Man Now (Om)
Quantic–An Announcement To Answer (Tru Thoughts/Ubiquity)
DJ Spinna–We Can Change This World (Papa)
REGGAE/DANCEHALL TOP TRACKS/RIDDIMS
Rod Taylor/Capleton–His Imperial Majesty (Reggae Fever) His Imperial Majesty
Mr. Easy–Strangest Thing (E-2 Muzik) Butterfly
Beenie Man/Admiral Bailey etc.–Rocky Road (Free Willy)
Prince Malachi–Rise Up (Dill-Ox) Lolo Bell
Spanner Banner–One Love (Don Corleon) Heavenly
Elephantman–Salute (Q45)
Beenie Man–Wanted (Shocking Vibes) Out A Door
Chezidek–Inna Di Road (Massive B) Jah Love
TOK–Everybody Bounce (Stainless) Inspector
Lukie D–More Them Want (Maximum Sound) Train To Zion
_________________________________________________________
4-06-06:
Nuff gigs a gwaan, so come out and support y'all!
Friday Apr. 8
Medjool Resturant 2522 Mission St./21st. global beats, dancehall, house, Arabic, bhangra 10:30 p.m. -1:30 a.m. free. www.medjoolsf.com
Thursday Apr 20
Misturada at The Dark Room, 60 Sixth Street, w/DJ Vanka, Afro-Latin, Brazilian and Caribbean, 10 p.m.-2a.m. $5, www.clubsix1.com
Friday Apr. 28
Stateless at Amnesia, 853 Valencia St. at 20th St. global grooves w/ DJs Wurkur, Special Agent K. 10 p.m. $5, www.amnesiathebar.com
Friday May 19
The Culprits present XLR8R Magazine 13th Anniversary with Domu (UK) , DJ Tomas and more at Pink, 16th Street/South Van Ness in the Mission. www.pinksf.com
DJ Tomas music:
Out now: Double Identity “Can’t Explain” + Titonton Duvante remix on Voltage Music, Order at www.groovedis.com
Coming soon: Double Identity “Left Coast Skank” (on Bastard Jazz Comp EP)
Charts
VOLTAGE MUSIC FUTURE JAZZ TOP 10
Daz-I-Cue/Bembe Segue–Spoiled (Ubiquity)
Elemental–Sparkle (Hot Flush)
Faze Action Presents Orto–Waiting Is Over (Papa)
Some Water & Sun–Snowbreaker–Dabyre Remix (Hefty)
Delgui feat. Colonel Red–Let That Sound Out (4Lux)
DJ Spinna Feat. Heavy–We Can Change (Papa)
Phuturistix–Fly Away (Phuture Lounge)
Dubloner–A Loner’s Way (Heading Home)
D.P.–Krakow EP (Echochord)
Taster EP (Cookshop)
UMOJA SOUNDSYSTEM ROOTS REGGAE 10
Mr. Easy–Strangest Thing (white)
Chrisinti–Runnings Run (Eight76)
Vybz Cartel–Society (Purple Skunk) Istanbul riddim
U-Roy–Fisherman Style (Blood & Fire) Row Fisherman riddim
Assassin–She Want A Life (Studio 2000) Twice Again riddim
Jah Mason–Needs To Be Cared For (Militant Muzik) Youths & Youths
Rod Taylor/Capleton–His Imperial Majesty (Reggae Fever) HIM riddim
Turbulence–Ital Stew (Tads) Cuss Cuss riddim
Cobra–From A Distance (Arrows) Cornerstone riddim
Bounty Killer–Mam’s Love (Lowe Chin) 9-5 riddim
As always:
DJ booking: tomasp@sbcglobal.net
Blog: http://forwardever.blogspot.com
http://www.sonicbids.com/DJTomasDubID
Radio: Fridays 10pm-12am KUSF 90.3FM www.fridaynightsession.com
Promos: PMB 185, 530 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA
2/11/06
Ay yo! Check the events page for the updated Grime City posting with flyer graphics. Fri Feb 17 at Anu, free! Don't miss it. I'll be in the mix after that on Friday Feb. 24 for the next Stateless at Amnesia spinning global house flavors with special guests Khenu, Maneesh The Twister and more. The first edition of this party was off the chains, so if you like to dance or drink Belgian ale, come on through. I'll be joined by Nada from Wrectified, a talented multiinstrumentalist in the mix. If you live in LA or have friends down there, send them to Zanzibar in Santa Monica on Thurs Feb 23. Afro Funke w/DJ Jeremy Sole and guests! Best of global beat flavors all night on the Afro tip! Hit me at tomasp@sbcglobal.net if you need listage.
2/03/06
Just a quick note--catch me playing a Dubstep set (UK style garage-meets-dub) Fri Feb 17 at Grime City at Anu (6th St/Market, SF) with the B.I.G. crew--Subtec, Jamin, Megatron, The ONE and MC Child. Should be a great night of roughneck sounds. Also, I'll be rolling through LA on Thursday Feb 23, DJing at Afrofunke at Temple Bar in Santa Monica, alongside resident DJ Jeremy Sole. The night will feature all kinds of jazz afro beat business and quality dance music. Thanks to all who came out for the first rip-roaring edition of Stateless at Amnesia on Jan 28--it was awesome. Big respect to all the dancers...More soon, and check the blog--http://forwardever.blogspot.com Peace!-Tomas
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Yes good people!Just back from three great days in Los Angeles. Tuesday Dec 27 I spun at Steppin Out at Red Buddha Lounge in Hollywood. It was a Live Mechanics clothing holiday party, with resident DJs Daz (Umoja Sound), Jun (Umoja Sound), Cid Hernandez (Soul People), Damon Bell (Live Mechanics) and Jeremy Sole (Afrofunke). It went off to the sounds off real soul, reggae and true school hip-hop. Thanks to DJ Daz for the link, and check him out at www.djdaz.com or http://umojahifi.blogspot.com
The next night I played at The Dub Club in Silverlake at The Echo club (appropriate name eh?). The Dub Club has a huge following after their 3-plus years of playing solid-foundation roots reggae, dub and rocksteady, and hosting shows with incredible reggae artists like the DJ godfather, U-Roy, and vocal groups the Abyssinians and the Melodians. The night saw 400 happy attendees get down to the sounds of DJs Tom Chasteen, Boss Harmony, Dungeonmaster, Rob Corderoy and yours truly. Excellent MCs on the mic like Jah Faith, Benji and Danger had the crowd undah control! Trip-hop scion Tricky (former Massive Attack)and reggae producer from Channel One, Scientist, were in the house. Talk about heavyweight! A girl from the audience was inspired to get on stage, grab the mix and sing Dawn Penn's anthem "No No No" acapella. Amazing.
Tonight, Fri Dec 30 tune in at 10PM to Western Additon radio, http://www.westaddradio.com/ (or 93.7 FM if you live in the Divis corridor). I'll be spinning some dubstep alongside B.I.G. crew's DJ Jamin. Then its over to KUSF 90.3 FM at 11PM for the Friday Night Session Radio show with Andrew Jervis. Tune in! www.fridaynightsession.com
Comin Sat Jan 28 to Amnesia: Six Degrees Records presents Stateless with DJ Tomas and live sounds from Lemonade. http://statelesssf.tribe.net/
More news and club business soon! Look for the return of Crucial in 2006!
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Album: Amour Artist: Jimpster Label: Freerange Comments: One of the dance albums of the year--get it! |
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Album: The Danceband Artist: Sumo Label: Heya Comments: Latin beats, Brazilian house and future jazz all live comfortably on this Swedish duo's LP |
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Album: An Announcement To Answer Artist: Quantic Label: Tru Thoughts/Ubiquity Comments: Brilliant beats from Bristol, eclectic Latin-y, downtempo, shuffling. I love them all! |
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Single: Hollywood Artist: Sa-Ra Label: Good Comments: The bicoastal funkateers come with their first EP on Kayne's label |
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Single: Waiting Is Over Artist: Orto Feat Vanessa Freeman Label: Papa Comments: Taking broken beat to higher vocal levels. This one slays the dancefloor. |
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Single: Positivity Artist: Positive Flow Label: Nativesource Comments: Watch this vocal broken beat single catch a buzz by mid-summer! |
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Began spining at age 16 as a reggae DJ on the 10 watt FM radio station KUSF in Mt. View, California.
• Broadcasted “Reggae Music Forward,” a reggae/dancehall show on KXLU 88.9FM (Loyola Marymount University) in Los Angeles from 1987-1994.
• 1989: DJed at legendary L.A. underground reggae/hip-hop spots Le Hot Sol Lounge, Peace Posse and Fortune Cookie and Brass.”
• 1993-Founded Umoja Jazz N’ Ragga Lounge club night w/DJ Daz, running Monday nights for two years. Led to the formation of the Umoja Soundsystem with DJ’s Culture D, Daz and Jun.
• 1994: Friday residency at Bokaos international restaurant. Founded the club B-Side with DJ Sean Perry, runs for 1 year, featuring Latin jazz, hip hop and abstract beat DJs and live music.
•1994: Founded the club Goa Dub, a free weekly Thursday all-ages, after-hours ambient/headz/drum&bass lounge at Nova Express café with Jun.
• 1995: Profiled in Rolliong Stone and Option magazine. Relocates backto SF. 1996: Starts Saturday weekly downtempo/drum & bass club Hedquarters and does guest slots at The Top, Cosmo Bar, Cat’s Club and Nickies BBQ. Compiles Dubmission Vol.’s 1 & 2 for Quango records.
• 1997-Saturday residency at Solid. Profiled in Mixmag US. Shares bills with Rockers Hi-Fi, Ben Watt, Lionrock and Morecheeba.
• 1998: Forms the production/remix team Live & Direkt with Andrew Smith, releases tracks on Ubiquity’s No Categories compilation and Sunburn’s Wish FM 98.1 comp. Residency at Static experimental techno night. Opening DJ for David Bowie SF shows at the Warfield.
• 1999: Joins XLR8R Magazine as managing editor. Resident at Justice League. Opening slots for Pizzicato 5 and Spring Heel Jack.
• 2000: residencies at Mosaic (at Joypad) Phusion (monthly at 26MIX), Global Warming (monthly at Club 6), Sushi Groove South. One-offs at the Top, 111 Minna, Justice League, Bulletproof boat parties etc.
•2001-present, cohost of weekly radio broadcast Friday Night Session on KUSF 90.3 FM (Fridays 10pm-12) with Mike Bataglia and Andrew Jervis (Ubiquity), contining gigs in SF and LA, including Chocolate Bar (LA), Afrofunke (LA), Grime City (SF), Crucial (SF) and Stateless (SF) to name a few.
Discography:
As Live & Direkt:
No Categories Volume 1 (Ubiquity) 1998
Wish FM 98.1 Compilation (Sunburn) 1998
As Double Identity/Dub ID:
IQU “Teenage Dream Remix” (K Records) 2000
“Eastern Voice” 10” single Voltage Music 2002
“You Requested It” 10” single Voltage Music 2004
“Can’t Explain” 12” single Voltage Music 2005
Tours:
UK and Northern Ireland April-May 97’
• Broadcasted “Reggae Music Forward,” a reggae/dancehall show on KXLU 88.9FM (Loyola Marymount University) in Los Angeles from 1987-1994.
• 1989: DJed at legendary L.A. underground reggae/hip-hop spots Le Hot Sol Lounge, Peace Posse and Fortune Cookie and Brass.”
• 1993-Founded Umoja Jazz N’ Ragga Lounge club night w/DJ Daz, running Monday nights for two years. Led to the formation of the Umoja Soundsystem with DJ’s Culture D, Daz and Jun.
• 1994: Friday residency at Bokaos international restaurant. Founded the club B-Side with DJ Sean Perry, runs for 1 year, featuring Latin jazz, hip hop and abstract beat DJs and live music.
•1994: Founded the club Goa Dub, a free weekly Thursday all-ages, after-hours ambient/headz/drum&bass lounge at Nova Express café with Jun.
• 1995: Profiled in Rolliong Stone and Option magazine. Relocates backto SF. 1996: Starts Saturday weekly downtempo/drum & bass club Hedquarters and does guest slots at The Top, Cosmo Bar, Cat’s Club and Nickies BBQ. Compiles Dubmission Vol.’s 1 & 2 for Quango records.
• 1997-Saturday residency at Solid. Profiled in Mixmag US. Shares bills with Rockers Hi-Fi, Ben Watt, Lionrock and Morecheeba.
• 1998: Forms the production/remix team Live & Direkt with Andrew Smith, releases tracks on Ubiquity’s No Categories compilation and Sunburn’s Wish FM 98.1 comp. Residency at Static experimental techno night. Opening DJ for David Bowie SF shows at the Warfield.
• 1999: Joins XLR8R Magazine as managing editor. Resident at Justice League. Opening slots for Pizzicato 5 and Spring Heel Jack.
• 2000: residencies at Mosaic (at Joypad) Phusion (monthly at 26MIX), Global Warming (monthly at Club 6), Sushi Groove South. One-offs at the Top, 111 Minna, Justice League, Bulletproof boat parties etc.
•2001-present, cohost of weekly radio broadcast Friday Night Session on KUSF 90.3 FM (Fridays 10pm-12) with Mike Bataglia and Andrew Jervis (Ubiquity), contining gigs in SF and LA, including Chocolate Bar (LA), Afrofunke (LA), Grime City (SF), Crucial (SF) and Stateless (SF) to name a few.
Discography:
As Live & Direkt:
No Categories Volume 1 (Ubiquity) 1998
Wish FM 98.1 Compilation (Sunburn) 1998
As Double Identity/Dub ID:
IQU “Teenage Dream Remix” (K Records) 2000
“Eastern Voice” 10” single Voltage Music 2002
“You Requested It” 10” single Voltage Music 2004
“Can’t Explain” 12” single Voltage Music 2005
Tours:
UK and Northern Ireland April-May 97’
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